Provides information and referral services to CNIB programs and external community resources.

Library Services

Provides library services for Canadians living with vision loss.

Reading Services

Provides volunteers for home-based reading services of local or other newspapers.

Travel/Orientation and Mobility

Provides training in how to safe travel safely and independently in familiar and unfamiliar environments. Some of the skills taught by a professional instructor include sighted guide techniques, white cane skills, street crossings, using public transit, sensory development, using cardinal directions, and using optical aids for mobility.

Services for Children

Braille and Reading Instruction

Has a summer reading program.

Offers a variety of courses including Grade 1 and Grade 2 Literary Braille. Offers a summer reading program for children, and in conjunction with the Canadian Braille Literacy Foundation, organizes an annual Braille Creative Writing and Accuracy Competition for children.

Education Services

College and university preparatory training provided to students with vision loss. Affiliated Toronto CNIB Library transcribes educational textbooks into braille and audio.

Support for Parents

Informational materials (handbooks, braille kits) provided to parents of children with vision loss. Families and parents can use CNIB services to help toddlers and babies who are deafblind or living with vision loss develop the concepts usually learned by sight, and acquire mobility and social skills. Once a child enters the school system, CNIB will continue to support family members and advocate for the support the child needs at school. We offer ongoing support to parents raising children living with vision loss.

Services for Professionals

Consultation/Technical Program Assistance

Available to professionals working with individuals living with vision loss.